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United Kingdom: RWE boss warns over nuclear plant subsidies
2013-02-20 20:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: RWE npower, one of the big six power suppliers, has warned ministers not to seal a long-term subsidy deal with the nuclear industry behind the backs of consumers and saddle them with "unnecessarily high bills" for the next 40 years. The warning from Paul Massara, RWE UK's new chief executive, comes as the Guardian can reveal that up to 15 private sector executives with links to the atomic sector have been seconded to government departments or other public sector roles. "We are very concerned...
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United Kingdom: Activists claim police siding with power company EDF in law suit
2013-02-20 19:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The energy company EDF is seeking more than 5m in damages from a group of more than 20 activists who occupied one of its power stations for a week last year, in an action campaigners claim could stifle the right to protest across the country. Some of the campaigners named in the legal case also claim that officers from Nottinghamshire police overstepped their role by helping EDF issue protesters with details of the civil action against them, including in one instance allegedly chasing a bailed...
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United Kingdom: EDF confirms it wants 40-year contracts to build nuclear plants
2013-02-19 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Electricity firm EDF has confirmed it wants the UK government to sign 40-year contracts to support building new nuclear reactors in Britain as the national energy regulator warned prices are likely to rise higher than expected. The French-owned company is in talks with ministers over "contracts for difference" funding, under which the government guarantees generators will be paid a minimum price for electricity from new nuclear plants: if the market price falls lower than this "strike price"...
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United Kingdom: E.ON lobbied for stiff sentences against Kingsnorth activists, papers show
2013-02-19 19:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK chief executive of energy giant E.ON repeatedly lobbied the then-energy secretary Ed Miliband and others over the sentencing of activists disrupting the company's power plants, warning that any failure to issue "dissuasive" sentences could "impact" upon investment decisions in the UK. The warnings, which came while the government was still trying to persuade E.ON and others to invest in next-generation nuclear plants, have been described by activists as "wholly improper". Dr Paul Golby,...
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United Kingdom: Cameron hails clean energy on Indian trade mission
2013-02-18 13:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The prime minister has again underlined his support for green technologies during a major trip to India where he is attempting to drum up business for the UK. David Cameron today arrived in India with a group of more than 100 business leaders, including several green companies and climate change minister Greg Barker. At his first stop, the Unilever office in Mumbai, Cameron touted the benefits of clean energy as a key to UK economic growth. Asked during a question and answer session if he...
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